- Title: VM-1043C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:01:00 - "SOLDIER IN BRITAIN" THE STORY OF AMERICANS & BRITISH PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A PEACE TIME ENVIRONMENT WITH TROOPS STATIONED ON BRITISH SOIL 01:01:20 - NARRATOR TELLS STORY OF THE SOLDIERS PROTECTING THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND (SAC) IN ENGLAND. 01:01:42 - LS- GIS CELEBRATE END OF WAR ON AND AROUND THE STATUE OF LORD NELSON IN LONDON'S TRAFALGER SQUARE AS CROWDS OF BRITS JOIN IN. 01:02:01 - MONTAGE- GIS DANCE WITH BRITISH GIRLS IN THE CENTER OF THE CROWD. 01:02:08 - LS- BRITISH WORKERS START CLEARING THE HUGE PILES OF DEBRIS CAUSED BY BOMBING. 01:03:09 - CU- DOCUMENTS SHOWING THE FORMATION OF NATO 01:04:00 - MONTAGE- SCENES OF KOREAN WAR AND IT'S TRUCE. 01:04:54 - LS- CITYSCAPE OF LONDON WITH WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND 'BIG BEN'. 01:05:17 - MONTAGE- VARIOUS STYLE ARMY BARRACKS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF ENGLAND WITH GIS GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS. 01:05:44 - MS- AMERICAN CHILDREN WAVE FROM ENGLISH SCHOOL BUS WINDOW. 01:06:30 - AERIAL- CREWS RUN OUT OF THEIR BARRACKS ON THE DOUBLE FOR A RIDE TO THEIR BOMBER PLANES AT THE RAF FAIRFORD AIRBASE. 01:07:18 - LS- SOLDIERS RUN TO THEIR 'SKYSWEEPER' RADAR RUN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN WHICH IS ENCIRCLED BY SAND BAGS 01:09:29 - MS- COOKS WITH CANS OF CHOW TAKE THE FOOD OUT TO THE GUN SITES. THE GUN CREW LINES UP WITH THEIR METAL UTENSILS. 01:09:48 - MS- A BLACK CREWMAN EATS AND DRINKS A BOTTLE OF MILK NEXT TO HIS GUN AND OTHER GIS. MS- A BLACK INSTRUCTOR LEADS THE GIS IN CALISTHENICS. 01:10:22 - MS- GIS MEET WITH BRITISH STUDENTS OUTSIDE OXFORD UNIVERSITY WHERE THE GIS ATTEND CLASSES. THE PROFESSOR IN ACADEMIC ROBES SHOWS GIS AROUND 01:11:00 - LS- GIS WATCH A GAME OF RUGBY AT THE OXFORD CAMPUS 01:12:08 - MS- A GI AND HIS GIRL HELP ANOTHER COUPLE GET INTO A CANOE. THE OFF DUTY GI PADDLES THE BOAT. 01:12:55 - LS- (PAN) PEACEFUL ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE WITH IT'S QUAINT COTTAGES AND FAR OFF WINDSOR CASTLE. 01:13:03 - LS- PAN OF TRAFALGAR SQUARE AND GIS WITH CAMERAS TAKING SHOTS OF THE ACTIVITY THERE AND THE MANY PIDGEONS AMID THE PEOPLE. THE GIS FEED THE PIDGEONS WHICH FLY RIGHT INTO THEIR HANDS 01:14:37 - LS- WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND THE STATUES OF MILTON AND SHAKESPEARE WITHIN. LS- PAN OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND 'BIG BEN'. 01:15:07 - MONTAGE- PARLIAMENT IN SESSION. MURAL ON WALL OF PARLIAMENT SHOWS THE SIGNING OF THE MAGNA CARTA. 01:15:54 - MS- GIS VISIT NUMBER 10 DOWNING STREET, HOME OF THE ENGLISH PRIME MINISTER, WITH AN ENGLISH BOBBY GUARDING OUTSIDE. 01:16:22 - MS- BUCKINGHAM PALACE WITH THE FAMOUS SOLDIERS ON GUARD DUTY WITH THEIR FURRY HATS. 01:18:02 - MS- GIS ATTEND THE 'CHANGING OF THE GUARD' CEREMONY WITH SOLDIERS IN THE COLORFUL UNIFORMS OF ANOTHER CENTURY. THE GIS PET ONE OF THE HORSES 01:19:06 - MS- A BOBBY GIVES THE GIS INSTRUCTION AT PICCADILLY CIRCUS WITH IT'S DOUBLE DECKER BUSES AND BUSY TRAFFIC. 01:19:45 - MS- THE TOURING GIS VISIT AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STORE, THEY WINDOW SHOP AND ARE SERVED BY AN ENGLISH SALES GIRL INSIDE 01:19:59 - MS- A TWIN DECKER BUS PULLS UP AND THE GIS CLIMB ON. LS- LIT UP DOWN TOWN LONDON AT NIGHT WITH A MONTAGE OF NEON SIGNS 01:21:00 - LS- GIS RUN TO THEIR JEEP WHICH PULLS A SMALL TRAILER WITH SMOKE PRODUCING EQUIPMENT. 3 SIMILAR JEEPS DRIVE OUT TO THE AIRFIELD RUNWAYS LET OUT SMOKE SCREENS COMPLETELY COVERING THE AIRFIELD FROM ENEMY OBSERVERS. 01:23:08 - MS- GIS WATCH A KID'S SOCCER GAME FROM A CHAIN LINK FENCE BORDERING THEIR BASE. 01:24:36 - MS- A GI MONITORS THE FLIGHT OF A 'TARGET' RADIO CONTROLLED PLANE USED FOR GUNNERY PRACTICE. 01:25:00 - MS- THE RADAR CONTROLLED ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN, MANNED BY A CREW, FIRES REPEATEDLY AT THE DRONE AND FINALLY SCORES A HIT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1890
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1890s
- File Name: VM-1043C